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Remembering Anthony Martignetti, Star Of Prince Spaghetti Ad

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Anthony Martignetti stands on Powers Court in the North End in 2019. (Jamie Bologna/WBUR)
Anthony Martignetti stands on Powers Court in the North End in 2019. (Jamie Bologna/WBUR)

Anthony Martignetti has passed. He was 63. Martignetti was perhaps best known as the 12-year-old boy running through the streets of the North End in an iconic 1969 Prince Spaghetti commercial. Radio Boston's Jamie Bologna joins us to remember Martignetti.

This segment aired on August 24, 2020.

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